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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who. OpEd News Member for 915 week(s) and 2 day(s) 367 Articles, 228 Quick Links, 1130 Comments, 73 Diaries, 15 Series, 0 Polls
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Saturday, November 12, 2016Election 2016: "If This Be Treason . . . " Reactions to the outcome of Election 2016: treason &c. Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views)
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Thursday, November 10, 2016Information Received by the Election Protection Command Center, Washington, DC, on Election Day 2016 Notes on information received from diverse sources by the Washington, DC-based ELECTION PROTECTION COMMAND CENTER on November 8, 2016 Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 132200 views) (View All Series)
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Thursday, October 6, 2016Brainstorm: Isn't It Time We Designed an Election for the 21st Century? An enlightened, nonpartisan panel discussion at the DC think tank New World about the hopes and fears associated with voting this year and in the near future. There is one positive scenario revealed and other situations in need of change. "It's nice to talk aspirationally instead of in despair," said Dahlia Lithwick, one of the panelists. 
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Saturday, September 24, 2016Movie Review: Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Our Truth Sleuth weaves together into a seamless labyrinth his two major concerns that have absorbed his renowned and versatile genius since the turn of the century: voting and its raptors vulture capitalists; read: culture swilling down nature and nature in turn sealing us away from the beloved rising ocean toward the inland, where her violence is taking other forms. 
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Thursday, June 23, 2016DC Press Conference Demands Immediate Congressional Action on Voting Rights Legislation DC Press Conference Demands Immediate Congressional Action on Voting Rights Legislation: Along with Revs. Jesse Jackson and Lennox Yearwood, the newly formed Congressional Rights Caucus, and other icons, denial of the right to vote took on new significance in the shadow of the Democratic sit-in last night. Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 132200 views) (View All Series) 
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Sunday, May 15, 2016Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, THE STRIP & FLIP SELECTION OF 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft The well-known and hugely respected election integrity and environmental activists Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman provide us with crucially timely, highly legible preparation for Election 2016, in terms of what we need to do in the short and long terms and why: the background and history are compelling Red Bulls that will spur us toward more knowledge as well as action. Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views) (View All Series) 
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Friday, May 6, 2016Heads Up! Bernie to Be Interviewed on MSNBC 9 pm Tonight with "Exciting" News Bernie Sanders will be interviewed this evening (May 6) on MSNBC at 9 pm in Burlington, VT, his home town. Rachel Maddow, who will interview him, said she was "excited" by what he will tell her. Is that to raise ratings for cable news or hope for us? 
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Sunday, May 1, 2016Bernie Sanders Gives Press Conference Honoring the First Anniversary of His Candidacy To celebrate the first anniversary of his entry into the contest for Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Bernie Sanders gave a press conference in Washington, DC, where he first announced his candidacy. 
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Friday, April 22, 2016How Voter Suppression Efforts Are Threatening Our Democracy A report on the historic congressional briefing held yesterday, April 21, 2016, this historic congressional briefing, "How Voter Suppression Efforts Are Threatening Our Democracy." "This is democracy time!" but "We must close everything down until the issue is solved!" Series: politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 132200 views) (View All Series) 
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016Democracy Spring: Rally behind Police Lines in front of Capitol: Day 2 Day 2 of the Democracy Spring presence in front of the capitol building in Washington, DC. On day 1, 400 were removed from the front steps and imprisoned. On day 2, they were positioned behind police lines. A fascinating and diverse group of people with a common wish to remove money from politics, in agreement with a huge percentage of the American people. Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 132200 views) (View All Series) 
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016Drumpf, Cruz, and Sanders: Politics-As-Usual or Better or Worse? THOUGHTS, FEARS, AND dreams on this huge mess we refer to as democracy in action. The guy who wants democracy in action is losing. So is the future of this country. So is democracy. Series: politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 132200 views) 
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Thursday, February 25, 2016Is Campaign Lying Now Legal In Ohio? Is It Illegal Anywhere? Is it legal to lie during political campaigns? A 2016 Ohio federal court decision allows it as "free speech," a First Amendment right. 
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Sunday, February 14, 2016St. Valentine's Day 2016 St. Valentine's Day is the most important day of the year. 
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Thursday, February 11, 2016REVIEW: Stacey Hunter Hecht and David Schultz, "Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter" Review of an excellent edited volume focused on each of the ten swing states that have existed between 1988 and 2012 Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views) (View All Series) 
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Thursday, January 21, 2016Myth Busting: Voter IDs Have Been Part of the U.S. Landscape since 1970! This article, a brief draft from my forthcoming book Ballots or Bill$: The Future of Democracy? Or, Why Does Evil Genius Always Win? is for those (I don't know how many . . . maybe I'm assuming too much) who believe that the photo ID requirement was born in Indiana and Georgia in 2008. But that is when STRICT photo ID entered the picture: the requirement of not only any form of ID, but state- or federally issued photo ID ... Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views) (View All Series) 
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Sunday, January 10, 2016REVIEW: Edward Foley, "Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States" REVIEW: Edward Foley, "Ballot Ballots: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States" Series: Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views), Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views) (View All Series)
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Thursday, December 24, 2015Merry Christmas 2015 Thoughts on Christmas involving hope and despair, multa inter alia. Do not read this if you plan to enjoy a 100% optimistic Christmas! Series: Holidays (24 Articles, 31454 views) 
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Saturday, December 5, 2015The film "Suffragette": Not a Review some notes on the film "Suffragette": women suffering=>women's suffrage Series: Reviews (107 Articles, 169942 views) 
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Thursday, December 3, 2015Evenwel v Abbott: SCOTUS's Most Momentous Decision-in-Progress (2015-16) On SCOTUS's Most Momentous Decision-to-Be among this year's scheduled cases, Evenwel v Abbott, the latest domino in a line planned to result in an exchange of democracy for "democracy." Series: Election Integrity (102 Articles, 220313 views), politics in general (52 Articles, 161521 views) 
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Saturday, November 21, 2015Happy International Indigenous People's Day 2015 Some thoughts as the Fourth Thursday of November approaches, a day we call Thanksgiving and that I proposed we rename International Indigenous People's Day. Series: International (9 Articles, 25966 views) Page 7 of 19 First Last Back Next 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 View All |
